Display-box cover.



No. 633,522. Patented Sept. 19, I899.

4 S. J. LYNN.

DISPLAY BOX COVER.

(Application filed Jan. 26, 1399.

(N9 Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STROTIIER J. LYNN, OF KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.

DISPLAY-BOX COVER.

SPECIF ICATION formingpart of Letters iatent No. 633,522, datedSeptember 19, 1899.

Application filed January 26, 1899. Serial No. 703,495. (No model.)

1'0 all whom iv may concern.-

Be it known that I, STROTHER J. LYNN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Knoxville, in the county of Knox and State ofTennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDisplay-Box Covers, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to an improvement in display-box covers,the objectbeing to provide abox for containing articles of merchandise such asgroceries, and more particularly crackers, cakes, dried fruits, raisins,hominy, rice, flour, and similar goods-with an ancillary display-boxextending over a portion only of the top or lid of the box, so that itis wholly above the interior of the box, thus not occupying any of thespace therein and held stationary, with a glass cover hinged in positionto cover and inclose its sides and ends, whereby dust and moisture areeffectively excluded, and the cover and the movable lid of the box beingso constructed and arranged with respect to the box and each other thatthey form rests for said movable parts when they are raised to theirelevated positions, thus rendering auxiliary attachments absolutelyunnecessary.

lVith the foregoing in View my invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations of parts, which will be morefully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective showingthe glass cover partly raised. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing saidmovable parts closed, and Fig. 3 is a modification.

A represents a box which may be made of any suitable variety of wood ormaterial and in any preferred dimensions. On top it has a lid made intwo sections 1 and 2, hinged together, as at 3 Section 2 preferablyconstitutes about a third of the entire covering of the box and is heldsecurely in place in any approved manneras, for example, by means of thecleat a on the under side, resting up against the end of thebox fromtheinside. and the wire hooks 4 4 at the sides thereof. The othersection 1 has a cleat secured to its forward edge to prevent thematerial of which it is composed from warping, and as it is made toproject slightly over the end of the box it affords a finger-hold tofacilitate opening the box.

Adverting again to the stationary section 2 of the lid, it has thereon adisplay-box 4, adapted to be filled with the variety of goods as,forinstance, crackers, cakes, or what not contained in the box below.This displaybox is somewhat smaller than section 2 of the lid, uponwhich it is located, thus leaving a space entirely around its sides andends, as shown in Fig. 1. A cover -6, consisting of sides and ends and aglass top, is hinged, as at 7, at the outer edge of the display-box 5and yet far enough within the outer end of the lid-section 2 so that theend 8 of the latter affords a rest or support for the cover when thelatter is swung open, as shown in dotted lines in Fig.2,where itsupports it in a slightlyoblique position. As a convenientmeans ofsecuring the glass in the cover 6 it may be slid in grooves in the sidesof the cover and held in place bya narrow strip 10, secured at its endsby nails or screws 11. When the cover is let down, it incloses andprotects the display-box, bringing its glass top immediatelyover it,thus excluding allextraneous substances, as dust, moisture, or the like.WVhen in this lowered position, the forward edge of the cover 6 alsoserves as a rest for the lid-section 1 when the latter is raised alittle over the perpendicular, audit the cover 6 happens also to beraised the display or sample box itself will constitute a rest for thelid-section 1'.

As a slight modification (shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings) the slope ofthe cover and its hinged point may be reversed. This construction isparticularly desirable when the boxes are placed upon the counter and itis desirable to have the section 1 where it may be easily opened fromthe back of the counter, while the samples are displayed from theoutside.

The cover (5 may be fastened down by a screw-eye 12, put through the lidproper from the under side into the display-box cover with one or twoturns.

It will be observed that many of the objections to former constructionsfor displaying goods of the character named are obviated in thisconstruction. For example, by making the display or sample boxcomparatively small a very much smaller supply of goods is necessary tofill it, by supporting it wholly above the interior of the main box theentire capacity of the latter is preserved for the goods to be sold, bymaking the display or sample box comparatively small less glass isrequired to cover it, and by making that portion of the lid where thedisplay or sample box is located stationary it does not have to belifted'every time the box is opened and there is much less danger of theglass breaking, which is constantly happening in display-boxes having aglass over the entire lid or removable part of the lid. Again, thedisplay or sample box always remains fiat by this stationaryarrangementand the samples do not become disarranged. Finally, it may be said thatnot only has the actual use of this box demonstrated its practicalutility, but also it may be stated in its support that, as the drawingsand description indicate, it is a simple and much less expensive meansfor the purpose for which it is devised than any others hitherto on themarket with the accomplishment of the same purposes in view.

It is evident that slight changes might be made in the form andarrangement of the several parts described without departing from thespirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do notwish to limit myselfto the precise construction herein set forth; but,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A display-box cover consisting of a lid made in two parts hingedtogether, one part secured in place and the other adapted to be openedand closed, a display-box located on the stationary part of the lid anda cover having a glass top and hinged to the lid in position to incloseand cover the display-box.

2. The combination with a box and a lid, of a display-box of less sizethan the lid and mounted thereon, and a cover hinged to the lid inposition to cover the display-box, said cover having a glass top.

3. The combination with a box and a lid, of a display-box of less sizethan the lid and mounted thereon, and a cover hinged to the lid inposition to cover the display-box, said cover having a glass top, saidcover hinged far enough inside of the extreme end of the lid so that thelatter affords a rest therefor when the cover is in its raised position.

at. The combination with a box and a lid, made in two parts hingedtogether and one section of the lid secured rigidly upon the box, of adisplay-box mounted on the stationary lid-section and. sufficiently lessin size than the latter so that space is left on the lid around theoutside of the ends and sides of the display-box, and a cover hinged tothe lid in position to cover and inclose the dis play-box when closedand to rest upon a portion of the lid when open, and the hinged sectionof the lid swinging from a point sulficiently far from the display-boxor cover so that the forward edge of one or the other of said partsafiords a lateral support for said hinged section of the lid when thelatter is raised a little over the perpendicular.

5. The combination withabox and lid thereon, of a display-box of lesssize than the lid and located thereon wholly above the upper edge of thebox and a cover on the box-lid of a size sufficient to inclose thedisplay-box.

STROTHER J. LYNN.

In presence of- T. W. BURKE, J. F. GRIFFIN.

